{"id":415426,"date":"2026-08-24T16:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T16:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/415426\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T16:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T16:10:18","slug":"2-fort-worth-high-schools-declared-americas-best-and-more-top-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/415426\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Fort Worth high schools declared America’s best and more top stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CultureMap<\/a>Updated Sat, August 22, 2026 at 3:17 PM UTC\"Two<\/p>\n

Two Fort Worth schools have earned top honors. | World Languages Institute\/Facebook<\/p>\n

Editor’s note: School’s back in session, and the top news of the week puts two Fort Worth high schools at the top of the class. Plus, fun openings to look forward to and a major closure to know. Read on for our most popular stories, then plan your weekend right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1. 2 Fort Worth high schools among America’s best in 2026, says <\/a>U.S. News<\/a>. Two Fort Worth ISD schools are standing tall among the best high schools in Texas and the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2026-2027 rankings. And a nearby school in Mansfield ranks among the top 50 nationwide.<\/p>\n

2. A few fun openings make this Fort Worth dining news refreshingly upbeat<\/a>. The first half of August has brought the fun openings of some highly anticipated restaurants in hot locations.<\/p>\n

3. Coyote Drive-In theater will close after 14 years in Fort Worth<\/a>. Fort Worth’s Coyote Drive-In is shutting off the projectors for good after 14 years of movies and outdoor entertainment. Its final day is set for Labor Day 2026.<\/p>\n

\"Coyote<\/a><\/p>\n

Coyote Drive-In Fort Worth | Coyote Drive-In is closing. | Photo courtesy of Coyote Drive-In<\/p>\n

4. Purple party tops 6 best food and drink events in Fort Worth this week<\/a>. College football season is right around the corner, and a Stockyards hotel is ready to kick off game day with a weekend party that pays homage to the home team.<\/p>\n

5. Legendary Dallas steakhouse Al Biernat’s to expand to Fort Worth<\/a>. One of the top steakhouses in North Texas is headed to Fort Worth. Al Biernat’s, the acclaimed steakhouse with two locations in Dallas, is opening a third location at 913 Houston St., across from the Flat Iron Building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Sat, August 22, 2026 at 3:17 PM UTC Two Fort Worth schools have earned top honors. |…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-415426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}